Question

If you left a cup of ice out on the countertop on a hot day, do you think your ice melts because of conduction, convection, or radiation? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: Should be conduction (for the explanation bit it's below)

technically its both conduction and convection but if its one answer only then conduction should be right

explain your answer bit:
I think it is conduction because the heat in the environment is being transferred into the ice, which is warming it up until it reaches thermal equilibrium and then eventually evaporates.


hope this helps!